Correct. That bit says "if you are running Debian Unstable and you have compiled from source."



Correct. If you are doing a typical install (both frontend and backend on one PC) then it is not necessary.



Don't cry! Those instructions assume that you have compiled mythtv from source. For KnoppMyth, the setup command is called mythtv-setup. Just run that (no cd required).[/b]

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I am using these instructions and I see nothing about modprobe

Also looking at Section 9 parts 1-4 of the MythTV manual http://www.mythtv.org/docs/mythtv-HOWTO-9.html I see nothing about modprobe either.

Believe it or not I am actually trying to follow the instructions and not be a pain, it is just not working out that way.

I will search the forums for modprobe ivtv.

Again thanks for your help.

Thanks for the confirmation!!!!

After a foroum search I find this post http://mysettopbox.tv/phpBB2/viewtopic. ... 9429#19429 I will follow the modprobe info here

Thanks

From the linked post above



When it says, if it doesn't work, I am not sure what I am trying to accomplish in this step so I am not sure if it does or doesn't work. Is there a way to test to see if it does work?

I am also unsure of the part that says "Don't forget to update modules" I am unsure what modules I am trying to update or how to go about it.

All I know is that if I don't do anything here I get a "Can not connect to server backend" error when I try to watch TV.

I think this thread might have the answer for me, http://mysettopbox.tv/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=3636

Well I the mythtv-backend.log says

"Could not find input: Television on card when setting channel 3"

Not sure what this means and the forums don't have this issue addressed. Maybe it has something to do with that LIRC issue from a few posts up.

Stabbing blindly in the dark here I am connecting my cable in to my cable box then to the TV input on my WinTV-PVR 350

Hey go figure, that failed too, same error. "Could not find input..."

Obviously I am having backend issues since the log reports that issue.

LIRC is for your remote control. You'll know it works when your remote control works. (I had to do all three steps with my install of R5A10.) So the LIRC setup steps has nothing to do with the problems you're seeing.

Did you go through ALL of mythtv-setup? Setting up your tuner card, setting up your channels (registering with labs.zap2it.com as described in the directions, if you're in N. America), assigning those channels to a card input? Then running mythfilldatabase?

PS: the update modules command is "update-modules": not necessarily obvious.

Ok so I will put this part off for now.


I tried to follow the MythTV sections 9.1-9.4 very carefully and the document on this site.


I think this might have been where my issue was. I left this as default instead of chaning to tuner.


This worked like a charm, very impressed!


ALl assigned to Cable


Thanks, here is hoping it was the tuner issue witht he card

Well that would be too easy huh

I now get an error in my mythbackend log "Error creatingt /.qt" I searched and foung another post that said it was nothing to worry about

http://mysettopbox.tv/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=1884

But in the end my backend is still not working.

THe only think I can think of is that my IP is wrong, but I didn't think that mattered because I was running everything on one box.

The IP says ::1, I know this is not an IP but it was the default value. I am going to try and change this to 127.0.0.1 and see if it explodes!

Well changing the IP to 127.0.0.1 seemed to make the watch TV function work.

And I have set the Matrix to record and 11:30EST

One question though, does the channel change delay about a second, or is that something on my end?

yes the channel change does take a bit, because although it's called livetv it is not really, and when you change the channel it has to clear the ringbuffer, and start a new one.

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1) you can change one of your options so that you are always in "browse" mode... that way you can see what's on a station you're tuning to first, then decide to tune or not.

2) now that you're up and running, further questions should probably go in a new thread. Glad you've got it working.

Thanks guys for all your help. I will read through this all later today and see what actual problems I had, compared to where I was just being a moron

Thanks again!